Ipswich Country Club GCM

We had a quick moving storm move through the course this afternoon taking down a good deal of debris, limbs, and trees. Cleanup has...

At this point in time the greens are around 70% healed from aeration. The sand has been incorporated into the canopy of the turf and no...

Ball marks should always be repaired! At no time is repair more important then post aeration when greens are softer then usual. We...

The course was closed Tuesday and Wednesday of this week for greens aeration. All the greens, excluding the short game greens, were core...

This week featured more rain with .9 falling on Tuesday and another .9 falling on Friday. Between these two rainfalls featured cloudy and...

The bentgrass portion of the range tee will once again be open this weekend for use. Some adjustments to the hitting area setup have been...

The renovated driving range was opened for members use for the first time this weekend. The current schedule for range use will be...

I have been superintendent of a golf course for approximately 24 years now and have worked in the industry my entire career. If I had to...

This past week has been full of challenges. 3.4 inches of rain fell last Sunday and another inch fell Friday evening and night. In...

Range Update: The seeded potion of the range floor is starting to progress nicely. Getting the turf to establish to the range floor is...

Greens were topdressed before the rain and during the rain on Sunday. One of the best ways we have found to incorporate sand is to time...

Another successful Ryder Cup is in the books with better then predicted weather for all three days of the event. A great event all...

The week started with a full out attack on the range floor. We had some wash out from the heavy rain over the past weekend. I was also...

Range Update: The range was seeded this week. We seeded the range on Wednesday with our seeder in 2 directions. Heavy rain moved in...

While this week may have not been the best for golf, it provided a nice break from hand watering and dragging hose. We have not received...

This was a very busy week with the range project, golf course maintenance, some heat, and the persistent dry weather we have been...

Work to the third hole continued this week. One area was prepped for sod and another large area is very close to being ready. The second...

As I write this week's blog, it looks like some much needed rain is on it's way. We have received no rainfall for two weeks now with...

Temperatures this week started with some cold mornings and ended the week with a couple hot afternoons. We even had a frost delay one...

Since our last post Ipswich has received 4.1 inches of rainfall. While this rainfall will be good for our irrigation pond the total...